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Jesmyn Ward

1977 - Today

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Jesmyn Ward (born April 1, 1977) is an American novelist and a professor of English at Tulane University, where she holds the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones, a story about familial love and community in facing Hurricane Katrina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesmyn Ward has received more than 790,839 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jesmyn Ward is the 7,263rd most popular writer, the 18,878th most popular biography from United States and the 1,209th most popular American Writer.

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  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jesmyn Ward ranks 7,263 out of 7,302. Before her are Angelina Jordan, Julie Bindel, Amanda Beard, Adrianne Wadewitz, Catherynne M. Valente, and Nujood Ali. After her are Yaa Gyasi, Elena Huelva, Philippa Boyens, Rachel Morrison, Kateryna Kalytko, and Caroline Criado Perez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Jesmyn Ward ranks 1,095. Before her are Martin Andresen, Will Hurd, Kojiro Kaimoto, Kristina Brandi, Davorin Kablar, and Adrianne Wadewitz. After her are Rozalia Galiyeva, Andrew Higginson, Kensuke Tsukuda, Daisuke Nakaharai, Aaron Armstrong, and David Connolly.

Others Born in 1977

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesmyn Ward ranks 18,878 out of 20,380. Before her are Brooke Bennett (1980), Daren Kagasoff (1987), Lou Barletta (1956), Fred Hoiberg (1972), Eva Marcille (1984), and Trey Hardee (1984). After her are Luca de la Torre (1998), Chris Massoglia (1992), Kevin Kim (1978), Dave Dave (1976), Gwen Jorgensen (1986), and Montana Jordan (2003).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jesmyn Ward ranks 1,209. Before her are Jeremy Scahill (1974), David J. Peterson (1981), Erin Morgenstern (1978), Amanda Beard (1981), Adrianne Wadewitz (1977), and Catherynne M. Valente (1979). After her are Rachel Morrison (1978), Geoffrey S. Fletcher (1970), Silvio Horta (1974), Jed Whedon (1975), G. Willow Wilson (1982), and Tarell Alvin McCraney (1980).

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